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Conversations with God

You know, Lord, not everyone experiences being ‘homesick’. Who would have thought that homesickness of a child was homage/respect and praise of a good home life? Such seems to be the case. Thinking way back on school classmates making fun of homesick peers brings those once sad faces into perspective. More than one of us in that small room was a ‘suitcase’ student so very long ago.

Right about holiday time – any holiday, but that particular year it was Thanksgiving, which was right around the corner – that’s when the heart of far from home children...